§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Solicitor-General if she will place in the Library copies of each version of the internal guidance which have been drawn up by her Department since 1 January 1999 to assist staff in her Department to answer subject access requests under the Data Protection Act 1998. [53377]
§ The Solicitor-General[holding answer 2 May 2002]: My own Department, the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers, has not produced separate internal guidance on answering subject access requests.
In the Department for which the Attorney-General is responsible, details are as follows:
The Crown Prosecution Service issued guidance to staff about the Data Protection Act in February 2000 (Inform Insert Issue 6) and September 2001 (Data Protection Act 1998 Update), and has also produced a poster.
The Treasury Solicitor's Department issued guidance to staff in February 2000 (Office Notice 9/2000).
The Serious Fraud Office has not produced separate internal guidance on answering subject access requests.
I have placed copies of this guidance in the House Library. No other separate guidance has been issued.
All Departments also have the central guidance on handling subject access requests issued by the Lord Chancellor and placed in the House Library on 25 April 2002.